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Whats the range on it? Could it be adapted to the ECN system? We need to find a long distance comm system for post SHTF.

"Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom." - John F. Kennedy

"You took the good things for granted-now you must earn them again. For every right that you cherish, you have a duty that you must fulfill. For every hope that you entertain, you have a task that you must perform. For every good that you wish to preserve, you will have to sacrifice your comfort and ease. There is nothing for nothing any longer." -George Washington

Can you get more than one? If not who carries them? I'd take one if you can get another. I have been looking for a good CONUS capable system.
I think that is one area where survivalists are severely lacking in. At least many that I have known. Isolation is a recipe for disaster. A means to communicate with others in a TEOTWAWKI world will be invaluable.

"Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom." - John F. Kennedy

"You took the good things for granted-now you must earn them again. For every right that you cherish, you have a duty that you must fulfill. For every hope that you entertain, you have a task that you must perform. For every good that you wish to preserve, you will have to sacrifice your comfort and ease. There is nothing for nothing any longer." -George Washington

MM, I would think if you were going to get the coms that way you would need at least 2 sets wouldnt you? One portable for you to have with you since you run all over the CONUS and beyond all the time and one at home to com with home if anything like that was needed. Just a thought given your situation with traveling all the time.

Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect aplause, he noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self made laws....

The ones I'm looking at are mobile units that can also be used as a base station. Most HAM rigs are set up to run 12 volt anyway. The one I'm getting is a Backpack model that can do what most larger console units can do.

MM, I would think if you were going to get the coms that way you would need at least 2 sets wouldnt you? One portable for you to have with you since you run all over the CONUS and beyond all the time and one at home to com with home if anything like that was needed. Just a thought given your situation with traveling all the time.

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Exactly MM. Thats what I'm looking for. A portable 12v compatible ham rig. I have a unit now that is basically an amped up C.B. that can be set up in the house with an inverter and used as a base unit.But the range is limited.
I'll check into these. Give us a review when you get it Melbo.

"Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom." - John F. Kennedy

"You took the good things for granted-now you must earn them again. For every right that you cherish, you have a duty that you must fulfill. For every hope that you entertain, you have a task that you must perform. For every good that you wish to preserve, you will have to sacrifice your comfort and ease. There is nothing for nothing any longer." -George Washington

I'm scanning with it right now. Not being a comms guy, I have a lot to learn about it's features. Taking the test next month, with code. Then take the General trest the month after that. I want to test this thing out pre-SHTF and having the license is about the only way of really learning the radio.

I would say that even if you dont have the lisence but have the money get the radio. That way if SHTF then you wouldnt have to worry about a lisence, hell the truth of the matter is you wouldnt have to worry much about it now. We had a problem with someone around here running 'barefoot' (to much power and interfearing with our TV and stuff) and when I called the FCC they told me their budget had been cut so they wouldnt do anything about it other than that if I found out who it was and where they were and measured the signal strength and so on and told them then if it was far enouph over they would send someone out to measure it and ticket them MAYBE. Basicly what came of the conversation was that unless they are on TV or radio and doing something they can collect an easy fine for they dont care.

Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect aplause, he noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self made laws....

Yeah, used to run with a 100 watt foot warmer in the mobile during the heavy CB days. Uncle Charlie never could catch up. Opened up the President Washington at home, put out 20 watts on the antenna when I finally got the SWR sorted out. SSB of course, never topped 8 w on full wave. We filtered it rather well, not a lot of bleeding unless very close by. (Still blew out a buddy's finals when I keyed up with not enough distance between us.)

The FCC lets HAMs regulate HAMS so its a bit of a gentlemens agreement. If I were to fire this thing up right now, some of the locals would be upset. I don't mind getting the license.

I know that come SHTF, there is no more rules and HAM is always open to anyone for emergencies, but this type radio is a little more complex than a CB radio. If I want to count on it post S--F, I need to work with it now and talk to the other radio guys to fine tune what I want to do.

Eventually, I need to be able to talk to the 5 regions of CONUS that we talked about in another thread... not sure where that is now, might have been called "the group"

mm, I have no problems violating stupid laws. This one is different thoiugh as it is enforced by the same guys that sold me the radio.

Oh I was mostly talking in terms of if you had the chance to pick up the radio set dont pass it up just because you dont have the lisence yet to run it. That way if getting the lisence gets put on the back burner to long and it hits the fan before you get the lisence you can still learn it easier than building or buying a radio post SHTF. Getting the lisence and running it before hand would be far better as you could then have established contacts as well as more knowledge on quirks and special features and so on.

Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect aplause, he noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self made laws....